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demand-forecast-lgbm-v2

Weekly demand forecast · LightGBM (lags only)

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Metrics vs baselines

MetricModelNaive baselineCurrent methodΔ vs best baseline
WAPE13.9%19.4%16.2%−2.3 pts
MAE (units)9.613.111.0−1.4

Baseline gate

To pass evaluation, the model must beat both the naive baseline and your current method.

Gate passed

Feature importance (SHAP)

lag_1 (last week sales)42.0%
lag_4 (same week, last month)30.0%
promo_active16.0%
site_id12.0%

Model card

Task
Forecasting
Target
units_sold_next_7d per site × SKU
Validation
Time-based split — last 12 weeks held out
Data version
borealdump-2026-09-10
Model
LightGBM (lags only)
Training cost
$3.80 CAD